I learned early in life how to be in the water. When I was six years old, my mother enrolled my siblings and me in swimming lessons after my brother nearly drowned in a pool in Thailand. What began as a protective act by my mother became a path that shaped me as a youngContinueContinue reading “Ma*: In the Water, I Learned to Listen”
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Ma: The space that holds and heals us
In Japanese philosophy, there is a concept called Ma. It is often described as the space between—the pause between notes, the silence between words, the stillness that gives meaning to movement. It is not empty. It is alive, relational, and full of possibility. I have come to learn that our deepest work, our deepest healingContinueContinue reading “Ma: The space that holds and heals us”
The Ahnung Way .. the beginning
How did The Ahnung Way come to be? (originally written in May, 2018) Ahnung (means ‘star’ in ojibwemowin, the language of the Anishinaabe people) was rescued by an elder at Red Lake Reservation in northern Minnesota in the fall of 2008. She was a stray and just had a litter of puppies and no frontContinueContinue reading “The Ahnung Way .. the beginning”
